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Hi All, just finished episode 33 of A Grand Tour with...In this one GG Grandad Will is travelling in Germany from the fan city of Karlsruhe to Mannheim. On the way he visits Heidelberg and its Great Tun (a massive wine barrel) whose guardian was Perkeo the boozy court jester of Elector Palatine Charles III Phillip. Give it a listen and get that monkey off your back. https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-33
Out now, episode 32 of A Grand tour with...In this episode William continues his travels through Switzerland with his family, describing 1840s Zurich and then making his way north to the state of Baden and the Black Forest - land of mighty trees and wooden cuckoo clocks. Make sure you make the time! https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-32
Hi, just finished episode 31. William is travelling through Switzerland via the Walensee and Lake Zurich and gets a chance to enjoy the luxurious Baur Hotel, following in the footsteps of Franz Liszt. https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-31
Just finished Episode 30 of A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad. Will describes a funeral of a friend in Milan. Discusses the Lombardy-Venetia economy and begins his journey home to the UK with his family via the precarious Splugen Pass (pictured) scene of a dastardly Sherlock Holmes murder. It's elementary listening. https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-30
Just finished episode 29 of A Grand Tour with...Bill continues his tour of Milan taking in sights like the Galleria Cristoforis (pictured), the famous Brera art gallery. Thanks his new found Italian friends and is not so kind about the locals. At least he gets to do some hobnobbing with the Marquis Bevilacqua. Take a bite! https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-29
Hi, Just finished editing Part 2 of an interview with railway historian Anthony Dawson about early European railways. Topics covered include the proliferation of accidents and the effect this new form of transport had on building nations. Why not give it a go? No pressure or lots of pressure if you want to get your boiler going.
Second part of the interview with railway historian Anthony Dawson. In this episode Anthony discusses with Ed how travelers made the adjustment to faster tra...
Hi. Just finished episode 28 of A Grand Tour with...William visits several churches and official buildings in Milan, including Santa Maria della Grazia home to a famous picture by Leonardo (or is it). And mocks other religious pictures comparing them to those grotesques of George Cruikshank, illustrator of Oliver Twist. Go on you know you want some more! https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-28
For those interested in early railways, just finished part one of an interview I did with Anthony Dawson about early railways in Europe and the kind of steam locomotives that Great Great Grandad William would have driven in Milan.
Part 1 of an interview with railway historian Anthony Dawson about the early development of steam railways in Europe and the sorts of locomotives that Great ...
In part one of this interview with railway historian Anthony Dawson, Ed Hill discusses the development of steam railways in Europe and the trains his Great G...
Hi, Just finished the video edit of the first part of an interview I did with railway historian Anthony Dawson about the early development of steam railways in Europe and the sort of locomotives Great Great Grandad William would have driven in Milan.
In part one of this interview with railway historian Anthony Dawson, Ed Hill discusses the development of steam railways in Europe and the trains his Great G...
Just finished Episode 27 of the podcast. In this one William witnesses Carnival in Milan (and writes a poem) travels with his daughter to Lodi, where Napoleon won a famous battle (pictured), and sums up his time working on the railway, including dealing with his corrupt Belgium boss. https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-27
I want to thank David Roberts for his updated blog revealing the route through modern day Milan-Monza of the railway that William drove the trains along. He's managed to find quite a few of the sites that William mentions in his journals that are still there, such as the Cassina di Pomi. A hotel then, private residences today. You can read more about it here. https://www.robertspublications.com/blog/a-british-railway-pioneer-in-monza
https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-26 Another episode of A Grand Tour with...is out now. Will rides on the footplate describing the route of the Milan-Monza line, discusses passenger numbers and reveals some gruesome incidents that happen to the public on the line.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-25/id1615314186?i=1000633692745 A special episode of a Grand Tour with... is now available in which railway historian Anthony Dawson discusses with me the early development of the railways in Europe and trains like great great grandfather William would have been driving in Milan. First class history!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-24/id1615314186?i=1000632305872 If you haven't yet, heard it episode 24 of a Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad is now available. In this one William describes more of Monza, witnesses a Corpus Christi procession and drives a steam loco at the grand opening of the Milan-Monza railway with the Viceroy of Austria on board.
Now available: Episode 23 of 'A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad'. The first steam loco has arrived for use on the Milan to Monza railway (the second oldest in Italy) and William begins driving the train on a trial run in front of a large cheering crowd. He then tours Monza and gives a description of the Victorian city. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-23/id1615314186?i=1000629560801
Just completed a video about A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad explaining some of the background. Hope it gives some context.
In this video Ed Hill explains some of the background to the history podcast based on the travel journals of his Great Great Grandad William Scott, written i...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-22/id1615314186?i=1000625052895 This is claimed to be the magical sword Durendal, ancient weapon of the Paladin Knight Roland. He also had a spear which great great grandad Bill sees in Pavia Cathedral, although he doesn't believe it. You can hear more about it and the lavish architecture of Genoa in Episode 22 of A Grand Tour with...
https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-21 Just finished Episode 21 of 'A Grand Tour with...' William is travelling from Milan to Genoa to inspect the new steam trains arriving by sea in Italy. On his way he stops at the Villa Simonetta (Once home to the lustful and murderous Clelia Simonetta and wanders around the tranquil Certosa di Pavia monastery (pictured), one of the most magnificent buildings in northern Italy.
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Out now Episode 20 of A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad. This one features G.G. Grandad William observing the Austrian royal family in Milan Cathedral (at the time rulers of Lombardy) including Elizabeth of Savoy, (pictured) the Vicereine (wife) of Viceroy Rainer. William says of her: "The gleam of her eye seemed to say I am one of the great ones of the earth. Born to command; you to obey." No wonder the Lombardy locals were not happy with their Austrian overlords.
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Out now episode 19 of A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad. Hear about the markets of Victorian Milan: exotic fruits like the Pomelo or Shaddock (pictured) Milanese macaroni and old ladies skinning frogs alive. Pic. ©Ananda Wikimedia Commons
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Now available episode 18 of A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad. William is sightseeing in 1840s Milan taking in the theatres of the time including the boisterous La Scala (also visited by Mary Shelley who was in Milan at the same time) and the Teatro alla Canobbiana, considered by William a better place of entertainment. He also lambasts the tough faced Bishop of Exeter, Henry Phillpotts (pictured) and Bishop of London for their snooty approach to their parishioners, compared to the worthy Archbishop Gaisruck of Milan. FIGHT!
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Now available: Episode 17 of A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad. In this one Great Great Grandad Will is touring the palazzos in 1840s Milan. You can hear about the merciless 5th Duke of Milan and William visits the extravagant home of the Countess Giulia Samoyloff (pictured) who scandalised high society of the city at the time. She was wealthy, glamorous, romantic, eccentric and the source of dodgy ice cream!
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You can now catch up with Episode 16 f A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad. In this one William is describing the 'Porta' or Gates of Milan in 1840. Many of them rebuilt as neoclassical arches in the Napoleonic era on the site of the ancient walls of the city. The Porta Sempione (pictured) was instigated by Napoleon to commemorate his victories but finished by Francis 1st of Austria, the then ruler of Lombardy-Venetia, with much of the intended artwork changed.
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Episode 15 of A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad is now available. William takes a tour of Milan cathedral, admiring the scenes depicted in the stained glass windows, exploring the subterranean tomb of St Carlo Borromeo and watching the locals rush to confession in time for Easter.
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Just completed Episode 14 of A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad in which William encounters the women of Lombardy sporting these traditional headdresses whilst leaving church. He also continues his journey to Milan over a Napoleonic bridge painted by Turner and gets frustratingly detained in a devout barber's shop.
Episode 13: https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-13
Of the podcast is now available. Great Great Grandad William is now in Turin visiting the cathedral and piazzas and observing around him how the population is "swarming" with soldiers and fat priests and monks.
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https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-12 Have now reached Episode 12 of A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad about the travels of my great great grandfather William Mowbray Scott written in the 1840s about his travels as an engineer around Europe and later Mexico. A unique insight into the world of a 19th century, well-to-do, middle class English gentleman. Find all episodes on your favourite podcast platform.
Episode 12: Savoy to Piedmont
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GG Grandad Will continues his journey from Paris to Italy by Diligence stagecoach. Hear about the history of Lyon, the sights and sounds of the annual fair in the town of Épierre and learn why most of the organ grinders and exhibitors of white mice on the streets of London came from the alpine Duchy of Savoy.
This plaque commemorates the death of William Huskisson MP. Chairman of the Board of Trade in 1824 who oversaw an act of parliament banning the export of machinery from Britain greatly derided by Great Great Grandad Will. He's more famous as being the first man to be killed by a steam train on the opening day of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway. Hear about it in episode 10 of A Grand Tour with my Great Great Grandad. https://shows.acast.com/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad/episodes/a-grand-tour-with-my-great-great-grandad-10
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